Apple’s Tap to Pay feature is now available in Brazil for the first time, making the country just the sixth to support it.Tap to Pay allows people to receive payments using nothing more than their iPhone, with Brazilian fintech company CloudWalk adding support via its InfinitePay platform.Vendors can now receive contactless payments using just their…
Article Hero Image The Australian government’s intention to impose more regulations on Apple Pay, Apple Wallet, and other payment mechanisms is an overreach, Apple insists, with it potentially risking the security of its service. The Commonwealth Bank of Australia and other financial institutions have pushed lawmakers to consider implementing new regulations that affects Apple Wallet,…
Apple removes some predatory lending apps in India Apple has removed a bunch of exploitative lending apps in India that used unethical strategies to collect, such as threatening to send deepfake nudes to borrowers’ contacts. During the past week, Apple removed several apps from its store, including Pocket Kash, White Kash, Golden Kash, and OK…
Apple Wallet on an iPhone Apple and Texas firm Fintiv are preparing to hash out a potential settlement on June 8, to try and end a patent infringement lawsuit involving Apple Pay and Apple Wallet. The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas has ordered for Fintiv and Apple to meet for a…
Apple Savings may have just launched a couple of weeks ago, but that hasn’t stopped people from dumping a ton of money into it already. As reported by Forbes, Apple Savings may have already crossed $1 billion in deposits. According to someone familiar with the product’s performance, it achieved around $990 million in deposits in…
